(Community Matters) The Economist on yesterday’s bipartisan healthcare summit:
That points to the biggest reason to think the summit was not a waste of time: it made clear that Mr Obama, after months of sitting on the sidelines, now has steel in his spine. If Republicans do not come up with a reasonable set of compromise measures over the next few weeks to add to his plan, he says that he intends to forge ahead anyway. The final verdict, he insisted, will come from the voters: “We’ve got to go ahead and make some decisions, and then that’s what elections are for.”
good conclusion. If the GOP doesn’t offer up any willingness to participate, the President should see healthcare reform passed through reconciliation without adding any of the improvements the GOP suggests to the Senate bill. Of course, more inclusive if they’ll participate. No way start over – it’s an obstructionist strategy.H
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